LPD investigating possible link between 4 River Trail deaths

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — In the past year, four homeless men have been found dead along the Lansing River Trail from blunt-force trauma, and police are currently investigating if the deaths are possibly linked.

All four men suffered blunt force trauma to the head, according to the Office of the Medical Examiner at U-M Health-Sparrow. Two of the four have been labeled homicides.

While online speculation has led community members to fear for their safety or point fingers at the homeless community, Kelsea Hector, executive director of Punks With Lunch, works closely with Lansing’s unhoused population and pushed back on that sentiment…

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